They Call Me Ishmael

Author : Logan Smalley,Stephanie Kent
Publisher : Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2020-10-13
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781982140588

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The Call Me Ishmael Phone Book by Logan Smalley,Stephanie Kent Pdf

For fans of My Ideal Bookshelf and Bibliophile, The Call Me Ishmael Phone Book is the perfect gift for book lovers everywhere: a quirky and entertaining interactive guide to reading, featuring voicemails, literary Easter eggs, checklists, and more, from the creators of the popular multimedia project. The Call Me Ishmael Phone Book is an interactive illustrated homage to the beautiful ways in which books bring meaning to our lives and how our lives bring meaning to books. Carefully crafted in the style of a retro telephone directory, this guide offers you a variety of unique ways to connect with readers, writers, bookshops, and life-changing stories. In it, you’ll discover... -Heartfelt, anonymous voicemail messages and transcripts from real-life readers sharing unforgettable stories about their most beloved books. You’ll hear how a mother and daughter formed a bond over their love for Erin Morgenstern’s The Night Circus, or how a reader finally felt represented after reading Gene Luen Yang’s American Born Chinese, or how two friends performed Mary Oliver’s Thirst to a grove of trees, or how Anne Frank inspired a young writer to continue journaling. -Hidden references inside fictional literary adverts like Ahab’s Whale Tours and Miss Ophelia’s Psychic Readings, and real-life literary landmarks like Maya Angelou City Park and the Edgar Allan Poe House & Museum. -Lists of bookstores across the USA, state by state, plus interviews with the book lovers who run them. -Various invitations to become a part of this book by calling and leaving a bookish voicemail of your own. -And more! Quirky, nostalgic, and full of heart, The Call Me Ishmael Phone Book is a love letter to the stories that change us, connect us, and make us human.

Author : Charles Olson
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2018-12-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781789126235

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Call Me Ishmael by Charles Olson Pdf

First published in 1947, this acknowledged classic of American literary criticism explores the influences—especially Shakespearean ones—on Melville’s writing of Moby-Dick. One of the first Melvilleans to advance what has since become known as the “theory of the two Moby-Dicks,” Olson argues that there were two versions of Moby-Dick, and that Melville’s reading King Lear for the first time in between the first and second versions of the book had a profound impact on his conception of the saga: “the first book did not contain Ahab,” writes Olson, and “it may not, except incidentally, have contained Moby-Dick.” If literary critics and reviewers at the time responded with varying degrees of skepticism to the “theory of the two Moby-Dicks,” it was the experimental style and organization of the book that generated the most controversy. Passionate in his poetry, Olson was no less passionate in his reading of Melville. Impatient with what he regarded as traditional forms of literary criticism, Olson engaged his own creativity to write a book as robust, original, and compelling as Melville’s masterpiece. “Not only important, but apocalyptic.”—New York Herald Tribune “One of the most stimulating essays ever written on Moby-Dick, and for that matter on any piece of literature, and the forces behind it.”—San Francisco Chronicle “Olson has been a tireless student of Melville and every Melville lover owes him a debt for his Scotland Yard pertinacity in getting on the trail of Melville’s dispersed library.”—Lewis Mumford, New York Times “Records, often brilliantly, one way of taking the most extraordinary of American books.”—W. E. Bezanson, New England Quarterly “The most important contribution to Melville criticism since Raymond Weaver’s pioneering contribution in 1921.”—George Mayberry, New Republic

Author : Herman Melville
Publisher : Castellnou
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2012-03-14
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9788498049138

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MOBY DICK by Herman Melville Pdf

Moby Dick és la novel·la més important de Melville. Explica l'obsessió d'un home, el capità Ahab, per matar Moby Dick, una balena en la qual veu l'encarnació del Mal. Ahab actua mogut per l'odi a l'animal que, una vegada, li va arrencar una cama. Però, per sobre del ressentiment, predomina la seva convicció que Moby Dick és un ésser malèfic que el destí ha decidit posar davant d'ell perquè el mati o perquè mori en l'intent.

Author : Michael Bauer
Publisher : Bonnier Publishing Fiction Ltd.
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2012-01-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781848776869

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Don't Call Me Ishmael by Michael Bauer Pdf

By the time ninth grade begins, Ishmael Leseur knows it won't be long before Barry Bagsley, the class bully, says, "Ishmael? What kind of wussy-crap name is that?" Ishmael's perfected the art of making himself virtually invisible. But all that changes when James Scobie joins the class. Unlike Ishmael, James has no sense of fear - he claims it was removed during an operation. Now nothing will stop James and Ishmael from taking on bullies, bugs and Moby Dick, in the toughest, weirdest, most embarrassingly awful - and the best - year of their lives.

Author : Charles Olson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1947
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : PSU:000028249177

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Call Me Ishmael by Charles Olson Pdf

First published in 1947, this acknowledged classic of American literary criticism explores the influencesespecially Shakespearean oneson Melville's writing of Moby-Dick. One of the first Melvilleans to advance what has since become known as the "theory

Author : John D. Kuhns
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 403 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2022-02-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781637581506

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They Call Me Ishmael by John D. Kuhns Pdf

Set in the South Pacific and based on true events, this is a novel about war, gold, interracial friendship, and the emergence of a new nation. Growing up in Bougainville, an island archipelago in the South Pacific, Ishmael always wanted to be a soldier. The Crisis—a brutal civil war with Papua New Guinea ignited by the gargantuan Panguna Mine—gives him his chance. As the guerrilla leader of the Bougainville Revolutionary Army, Ishmael secures a peace agreement that provides his islands with a measure of autonomy and the future right to conduct an independence referendum. If the people vote affirmatively, Bougainville could become the newest nation on earth. In the aftermath of the Crisis, Bougainville’s corrupt and inept government causes a vacuum. From its perch across the Pacific, China salivates. They covet Bougainville, both for its Panguna Mine and its strategic location, and are prepared to do whatever it takes to grab it. When Ishmael and Bougainville’s chiefs ask Jack Davis, a pin-striped American investor, to help rebuild their economy, he is intrigued. Although primitive, Bougainville holds billions in gold and copper, and its people seem lovely. Jack’s life has been comfortable, but things are changing. His family members have moved on with their lives, and his country doesn’t seem to value people like him anymore. Maybe Bougainville would be different. That two men—one black and one white—from totally different walks of life could meet on a remote island and decide they stand for the same things is a testament to Bougainville and its people, and shapes a story that anyone who believes in the innate goodness of humanity should read. The fact that it all really happened is truly inspirational.

Author : Agha Shahid Ali
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2004-10-17
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9780393352047

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Call Me Ishmael Tonight: A Book of Ghazals by Agha Shahid Ali Pdf

"Ali's ghazals are contemporary and colloquial, deceptively simple, yet still grounded in tradition....Highly recommended."—Library Journal The beloved Kashmiri-American poet Agha Shahid Ali presents his own American ghazals. Calling on a line or phrase from fellow poets, Ali salutes those known and loved—W. S. Merwin, Mark Strand, James Tate, and more—while in other searingly honest verse he courageously faces his own mortality.

Author : Geert van Mil,Doris Denekamp
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Art, Dutch
ISBN : 9490322512

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Call Me Ishmaël by Geert van Mil,Doris Denekamp Pdf

Dit boek is ontstaan in de zomer van 2014, toen Doris Denekamp en Geert van Mil drie maanden lang op het terrein van de GGZ-instelling Altrecht in Den Dolder woonden en werkten in kunstenaarsverblijf Het Vijfde Seizoen. Tijdens deze periode lazen ze samen met mensen van de verschillende psychiatrische afdelingen stukken uit Moby Dick. Door dit verhaal over de walvisvaart - met haar thema's van waanzin, obsessie, angst en verdriet - gezamenlijk te lezen, ontstond er een boeiende dialoog tussen het bestaande literaire verhaal en de ervaringen van de patiënten zelf. In 'Noem me Ismaël' kruipen Denekamp en van Mil in de huid van het personage Ismaël - de verteller van Moby Dick - en doen zo verslag van hun bijzondere ontmoetingen op het terrein van de psychiatrische instelling. Doris Denekamp en Geert van Mil zijn beiden beeldend kunstenaar. Ze werken sinds 2011 samen onder de naam informal strategies. Het werk van Denekamp en Van Mil wordt gekenmerkt door hun engagement met de wereld om hen heen. In hun werk, dat de vorm heeft van (video)installaties, publicaties of performances, gaan ze steeds op zoek naar nieuwe verhalen om belangrijke maatschappelijke ontwikkelingen te beschrijven.

Author : Steve Krug
Publisher : New Riders
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2009-12-08
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780321702845

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Rocket Surgery Made Easy by Steve Krug Pdf

It's been known for years that usability testing can dramatically improve products. But with a typical price tag of $5,000 to $10,000 for a usability consultant to conduct each round of tests, it rarely happens. In this how-to companion to Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability, Steve Krug spells out a streamlined approach to usability testing that anyone can easily apply to their own Web site, application, or other product. (As he said in Don't Make Me Think, "It's not rocket surgery".) Using practical advice, plenty of illustrations, and his trademark humor, Steve explains how to: Test any design, from a sketch on a napkin to a fully-functioning Web site or application Keep your focus on finding the most important problems (because no one has the time or resources to fix them all) Fix the problems that you find, using his "The least you can do" approach By paring the process of testing and fixing products down to its essentials ("A morning a month, that's all we ask"), Rocket Surgery makes it realistic for teams to test early and often, catching problems while it's still easy to fix them. Rocket Surgery Made Easy adds demonstration videos to the proven mix of clear writing, before-and-after examples, witty illustrations, and practical advice that made Don't Make Me Think so popular.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Dragons
ISBN : 9357240780

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Beowulf by Anonim Pdf

Author : Kurt Andersen
Publisher : Random House
Page : 637 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2007-03-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781588365811

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Heyday by Kurt Andersen Pdf

Heyday is a brilliantly imagined, wildly entertaining tale of America’s boisterous coming of age–a sweeping panorama of madcap rebellion and overnight fortunes, palaces and brothels, murder and revenge–as well as the story of a handful of unforgettable characters discovering the nature of freedom, loyalty, friendship, and true love. In the middle of the nineteenth century, modern life is being born: the mind-boggling marvels of photography, the telegraph, and railroads; a flood of show business spectacles and newspapers; rampant sex and drugs and drink (and moral crusades against all three); Wall Street awash with money; and giddy utopian visions everywhere. Then, during a single amazing month at the beginning of 1848, history lurches: America wins its war of manifest destiny against Mexico, gold is discovered in northern California, and revolutions sweep across Europe–sending one eager English gentleman off on an epic transatlantic adventure. . . . Amid the tumult, aristocratic Benjamin Knowles impulsively abandons the Old World to reinvent himself in New York, where he finds himself embraced by three restless young Americans: Timothy Skaggs, muckraking journalist, daguerreotypist, pleasure-seeker, stargazer; the fireman Duff Lucking, a sweet but dangerously damaged veteran of the Mexican War; and Duff’s dazzling sister Polly Lucking, a strong-minded, free thinking actress (and discreet part-time prostitute) with whom Ben falls hopelessly in love. Beckoned by the frontier, new beginnings, and the prospects of the California Gold Rush, all four set out on a transcontinental race west–relentlessly tracked, unbeknownst to them, by a cold-blooded killer bent on revenge. A fresh, impeccable portrait of an era startlingly reminiscent of our own times, Heyday is by turns tragic and funny and sublime, filled with bona fide heroes and lost souls, visionaries (Walt Whitman, Charles Darwin, Alexis de Tocqueville) and monsters, expanding horizons and narrow escapes. It is also an affecting story of four people passionately chasing their American dreams at a time when America herself was still being dreamed up–an enthralling, old-fashioned yarn interwoven with a bracingly modern novel of ideas. "In this utterly engaging novel, the author of Turn of the Century brings 19th-century America vividly to life . . . While this is a long book, it moves quickly, with historical detail that's involving but never a drag on the action; the characters are beautifully drawn. A terrific book; highly recommended." –Library Journal "Heyday is fuled by manic energy, fanatical research, and a wicked sense of humor.... It's a joyful, wild gallop through a joyful, wild time to be an American." -Vanity Fair

Author : Daniel Quinn
Publisher : Bantam
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1995-05-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780553375404

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Ishmael by Daniel Quinn Pdf

One of the most beloved and bestselling novels of spiritual adventure ever published, Ishmael has earned a passionate following. This special twenty-fifth anniversary edition features a new foreword and afterword by the author. “A thoughtful, fearlessly low-key novel about the role of our species on the planet . . . laid out for us with an originality and a clarity that few would deny.”—The New York Times Book Review Teacher Seeks Pupil. Must have an earnest desire to save the world. Apply in person. It was just a three-line ad in the personals section, but it launched the adventure of a lifetime. So begins an utterly unique and captivating novel. It is the story of a man who embarks on a highly provocative intellectual adventure with a gorilla—a journey of the mind and spirit that changes forever the way he sees the world and humankind’s place in it. In Ishmael, which received the Turner Tomorrow Fellowship for the best work of fiction offering positive solutions to global problems, Daniel Quinn parses humanity’s origins and its relationship with nature, in search of an answer to this challenging question: How can we save the world from ourselves? Explore Daniel Quinn’s spiritual Ishmael trilogy: ISHMAEL • MY ISHMAEL • THE STORY OF B Praise for Ishmael “As suspenseful, inventive, and socially urgent as any fiction or nonfiction you are likely to read this or any other year.”—The Austin Chronicle “Before we’re halfway through this slim book . . . we’re in [Daniel Quinn’s] grip, we want Ishmael to teach us how to save the planet from ourselves. We want to change our lives.”—The Washington Post “Arthur Koestler, in an essay in which he wondered whether mankind would go the way of the dinosaur, formulated what he called the Dinosaur’s Prayer: ‘Lord, a little more time!’ Ishmael does its bit to answer that prayer and may just possibly have bought us all a little more time.”—Los Angeles Times

Author : Michael Bauer
Publisher : Bonnier Publishing Fiction Ltd.
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2013-01-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781848778108

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Ishmael and the Hoops of Steel by Michael Bauer Pdf

Ishmael is finally a senior and things are beginning to look up. His nemesis, Barry Bagsley, has decided to leave him alone at last and with help from his 'Reverse Cool' mates, Scobie and Razza, Ishmael is in with a chance of winning the school cup. Has he broken free of the dreaded Ishmael Leseur's Syndrome at last? Could life at St. Daniel's actually be described as 'normal'? Absolutely not.

Author : Ken Jennings
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10-08
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781476706962

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Because I Said So! by Ken Jennings Pdf

Draws on medical case histories, scientific findings, and personal research by the author to separate myth from fact and debunk a vast array of parental edicts.

Author : Nathaniel Philbrick
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2011-10-20
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781101545218

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Why Read Moby-Dick? by Nathaniel Philbrick Pdf

A “brilliant and provocative” (The New Yorker) celebration of Melville’s masterpiece—from the bestselling author of In the Heart of the Sea, Valiant Ambition, and In the Hurricane's Eye One of the greatest American novels finds its perfect contemporary champion in Why Read Moby-Dick?, Nathaniel Philbrick’s enlightening and entertaining tour through Melville’s classic. As he did in his National Book Award–winning bestseller In the Heart of the Sea, Philbrick brings a sailor’s eye and an adventurer’s passion to unfolding the story behind an epic American journey. He skillfully navigates Melville’s world and illuminates the book’s humor and unforgettable characters—finding the thread that binds Ishmael and Ahab to our own time and, indeed, to all times. An ideal match between author and subject, Why Read Moby-Dick? will start conversations, inspire arguments, and make a powerful case that this classic tale waits to be discovered anew. “Gracefully written [with an] infectious enthusiasm…”—New York Times Book Review